Robust tests for testing the parameters of a normal population

This article aims to provide a simple robust method to test the parameters of a normal population by using the new diagnostic tool called the “Forward Search” (FS) method. The most commonly used procedures to test the mean and variance of a normal distribution are Student’s t test and Chi-square tes...

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Main Authors: A. Mahdavi, M. Towhidi
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Language:English
Published: University of Tehran 2014-09-01
Series:Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Online Access:https://jsciences.ut.ac.ir/article_51855_ec7d5b583b8c6985b3259fda8da91fe8.pdf
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description This article aims to provide a simple robust method to test the parameters of a normal population by using the new diagnostic tool called the “Forward Search” (FS) method. The most commonly used procedures to test the mean and variance of a normal distribution are Student’s t test and Chi-square test, respectively. These tests suffer from the presence of outliers. We introduce the FS version of these tests that is not affected by the outliers. The performances of these procedures are illustrated by some simulation studies and a real data example.
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spelling doaj-art-29a129730ffa4f3882dc3cae4da21fb02025-08-20T01:53:00ZengUniversity of TehranJournal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran1016-11042345-69142014-09-0125327328051855Robust tests for testing the parameters of a normal populationA. Mahdavi0M. Towhidi1Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Islamic Republic of IranDepartment of Statistics, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of IranThis article aims to provide a simple robust method to test the parameters of a normal population by using the new diagnostic tool called the “Forward Search” (FS) method. The most commonly used procedures to test the mean and variance of a normal distribution are Student’s t test and Chi-square test, respectively. These tests suffer from the presence of outliers. We introduce the FS version of these tests that is not affected by the outliers. The performances of these procedures are illustrated by some simulation studies and a real data example.https://jsciences.ut.ac.ir/article_51855_ec7d5b583b8c6985b3259fda8da91fe8.pdfforward search procedurerobust approachstudent’s t testchi-square testoutlier
spellingShingle A. Mahdavi
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Robust tests for testing the parameters of a normal population
Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran
forward search procedure
robust approach
student’s t test
chi-square test
outlier
title Robust tests for testing the parameters of a normal population
title_full Robust tests for testing the parameters of a normal population
title_fullStr Robust tests for testing the parameters of a normal population
title_full_unstemmed Robust tests for testing the parameters of a normal population
title_short Robust tests for testing the parameters of a normal population
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topic forward search procedure
robust approach
student’s t test
chi-square test
outlier
url https://jsciences.ut.ac.ir/article_51855_ec7d5b583b8c6985b3259fda8da91fe8.pdf
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